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[Q] Strint Tab ROM Flashing Antics (HID Enabled!)

Do to being sick of the Bluetooth HID issue on Sprint Tabs I am goint to be a Ginny pig and try flashing ROMS until I find one that works. (If I brick it I will send it in and start all over again).
I bought my Sprint Tab for full price, called them and told them I am cancelling my account do to them disabling HID.
I just started, so far I tryed Roto's JMEv4 with modem to get rid of Sprint, I will not use this tab for 3G.
Unsurprisingly it didn't work and got stuck on the movinand file, left it connected over night. ended up with a phone to PC icon on the start screen and that was it.
Next I flashed Tab_Stock_-_No_Modem.rar for Sprint to bring it back to life.
Seems to be fine with a few changes. Under Baseband it says unknown, and the mobile network options in settings are greyed out, also the signal strength bars are now a circle with a line through it. No worries as I am not interested in 3G.
Only downside is I have to use a bluetooth widget from market to pair, etc.
I have downloaded the Zypher_v1 and T-mobile ROMS and will try those tonight.
Does anyone have any ideas on other ROMS to flash to get Bluetooth HID on my Sprint Tab?
I'd like some suggestions, otherwise I will continue to flash random ROMS untill I find one that works with HID.
M.

Tonight's Flashing shinanigans included the following.
Flashed T-Mobile_Stock.tar, didn't work had to reflash Tab_Stock_-_No_Modem.rar for Sprint to Resurrect.
Flashed Roto-KM2-Full-v1.tar got stuck on movinand again, had to reflash Tab_Stock_-_No_Modem.rar for Sprint to Resurrect again.
Flashed Zypher_v1.tar, no Bluetooth HID of course but the ROM flashed just fine.
I need to dig up some more ROMs without the protected bootstrap to continue.
M.

Morolinith said:
Tonight's Flashing shinanigans included the following.
Flashed T-Mobile_Stock.tar, didn't work had to reflash Tab_Stock_-_No_Modem.rar for Sprint to Resurrect.
Flashed Roto-KM2-Full-v1.tar got stuck on movinand again, had to reflash Tab_Stock_-_No_Modem.rar for Sprint to Resurrect again.
Flashed Zypher_v1.tar, no Bluetooth HID of course but the ROM flashed just fine.
I need to dig up some more ROMs without the protected bootstrap to continue.
M.
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+1 awesome work, im a samsung newbie,
So hemidall and odin scare me but amon and clockwerk are second nature to me, but I digress. Once again good job, I hope the sprint tab dev gets more attention!
Sent from my SPH-P100 using XDA App

ROTO-JME v1 with the movinand file deleted from .tar with 7Zip.
Reflashed with Odin 1.7 used P1_add_hidden.pit, partition adn it works!
Paired and conected my Microsoft Bluetooth mouse with on sceen curser and all.
I will test all my apps/games, etc and report back, I wouldnt be supprised if it all works.
Woot rotohammer.
M.

Update 1
All apps work except Samsung App and Reader Hub (error no sim card installed).
I had to uninstall and reinstall all my apps from the market, they all work fine now.
Rebooting is a little odd, as in I see the Samsung logo then a black screen, then the bootup sound with the screen still black. have to tap the power button 2 times to get the unlock screen.
Camera and GPS work which is nice as I borked them with a previous flash.
My Bluetooth Logitec mouse and keyboard work fine. YAY
If I turn the Tab completely off I have to pair and connect any bluetooth items again, other then this It looks good so far.
The Odin 1.7 Log from Flashing from Zypher_v1.tar to ROTO-JME v4.tar ( I deleted the movinand file before flashing, only way it would work).
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/005> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> zImage
<ID:0/005> param.lfs
<ID:0/005> cache.rfs
<ID:0/005> dbdata.rfs
<ID:0/005> factoryfs.rfs
<ID:0/005> modem.bin
<ID:0/005> Removed!!
<ID:0/005> Completed..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Removed!!
I assume there is no way to get 3G back until someone can dump the stock sprint modem file.
All traces of sprint are gone.
About Device info
Model Number: GT-P1000
Firmware Version: 2.2
Baseband Version: Unknown
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9 [email protected] #1
Build Number: FROYO.XXJME
More testing later,
M.

nice.........

Thanks for the work you're putting into this. Excited to see what develops....

Minor update.
I just went to Gamelofts site to test compatability and realized I have no idea what carrier/country to select, ugh.
Anyone know what Country and Carrier to select for a full flash of ROTO-JME v4?
M.

another update
For some reason the /sdcard is only 200 megs.
inside /sdcard is external_sd that has 13.5 gigs free after installing everything.
does that seem odd? /sdcard/external_sd
Anyone have any idea what is going on?
M.

last update for tonight.
Flashed T-Mobile_Stock.tar over ROTO-JME v4 (the one I deleted movinand from) and it failed.
For a goof I deleted the modem.bin from the T-Mobile ROM and reflashed and it worked, paired and connected my Bluetooth mouse. didnt check all the apps to see if they work or not.
Going to Flash back to Sprint Stock and see what happens.
M.

Morolinith said:
another update
For some reason the /sdcard is only 200 megs.
inside /sdcard is external_sd that has 13.5 gigs free after installing everything.
does that seem odd? /sdcard/external_sd
Anyone have any idea what is going on?
M.
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I don't know specifically about the Sprint Tab, but on the GSM Tabs you have 16gb of internal memory. Take off around 2GB for the system/data, and you have around 14GB available which appears as /sdcard. The microSD itself appears as /sdcard/external_sd.
I guess that on your Tab, since you only have 2GB internal memory, /sdcard is now what remains from that 2GB after you take out the system/data partitions etc, and /sdcard/external_sd is now your actual SD card (as per GSM Tabs).
Regards,
Dave

wow, great job you are doing.
I also have a sprint Tab but it is CDMA.

anielk77 said:
wow, great job you are doing.
I also have a sprint Tab but it is CDMA.
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My Sprint is CDMA like all the other ones, I just flashed it to axe the modem as I wanted a WIFI only and did not hear about that model coming out until after I bought this one, as well as being so mad at Sprint for disabling HID, I did not want to see there dumb name on my tab.
M.

Now if someone could get Rotohammer to make a version of Roto's JMEv4 (for CDMA) without Samsung Apps and Reader Hub as they need a SIM card and remove the movinand file I would like to try and flash that with maybe the modem from the Zypher thread and see if 3G will work, until someone figures out how to get the stock CDMA modem.
M.

Hey thank you so much for doing all this. I am very interested in getting involved. The only experience I have to offer is extensive flashing of my captivate, I have used ADB, Odin, CWM, and know how to do pretty much everything involved with flashing roms, modems, themes, ect. I really hope this leads to some development on the sprint tab because I have been getting awful bored running stock.

Morolinith said:
My Sprint is CDMA like all the other ones, I just flashed it to axe the modem as I wanted a WIFI only and did not hear about that model coming out until after I bought this one, as well as being so mad at Sprint for disabling HID, I did not want to see there dumb name on my tab.
M.
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I also use the tab wifi only as I bought the tab in the US and I live in the Netherlands and we don not have cdma here .
I'll keep on following your work. I also want to get rid of the sprint crap

Following in your footsteps, but now stuck at Samsung Boot Screen
Thanks for going through all this trial and error with the Sprint Tab.
I got inspired to try the same thing with my tab, and I've created a soft brick. I reflashed the tab with the JM6, JME, and JMF firmwares... and the firmwares copy over to the tab successfully, but then I get stuck at the Samsung boot prompt.
I've successfully flashed Roto's JME-v4 over to the tab, removing the movinand.mst also, otherwise it got stuck. The flash is successful, but on restart I still get the Samsung boot screen, and it just keeps cycling on the Samsung logo.
Any thoughts on how I un-brick this thing?

The times I got a soft brick, I flashed back to Zypher_v1.tar or tab_sprint_noModem_20101226.tar both I got from the Dev forums here.
I did not do any Dalvik cache wipe or factory resets, or any kind of backup before starting.
I used the Odin version and pit file if any suggested.
I got that modem - pc download screen instaed of the nornal download screen after several failed flashes but always seemed to be able to reflash.
M.

The only problem i am having is mounting the sd card. my tablet wont see it. now i am on a verizon tablet.

which pit file to use for the sprint version?

[Q] GT-i9505 cant return to stock

Well first off i'm going to have to make some apologies, i am a noob and i have made some very noobish mistakes i hope you will be kind forgive my stupidity and possibly even fix my mistakes.
I will try and provide as much information as i can hopefully that will help.
I have a S4 GT-I9505 which has been rooted with custom roms pretty much since the day i had it, very stupidly i didn't make a backup of my my phone while it was on stock (yup stupid i know). after going through many roms i settled on Omega 4.3 after some time i noticed apps like PVZ 2 wouldn't run on the device so i decided i would return to stock 4.3 and see if they worked then.
I looked in to a few guides for how to unroot the S4 and after following them i failed, each firmware i tried failed (possibly i tried the wrong ones) firmwares i have tried
BTU-I9505XXUDMH8-20130904171444
XEF-I9505XXUEMKF-20131130113349
GT-I9505-BTU-I9505XXUAMDM
I9505XXUEMK8_I9505O2UEMK1_O2U
One firmware i tried that did take then wouldn't turn on the wifi it remained grey. after some time i decided just to restore my backup of omega 4.3 since then my phone crashes when i try to make calls the screen turns black vibrates and remains black until it crashes to desktop or i turn the phone off. deciding i must have messed up quite badly i have spent the last 3 days reading XDA topics and posts trying to find a fix but nothing seems to work. i found this topic which seems to resolve the issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2443020 after downloading a firmware ending in "H8" (BTU-I9505XXUDMH8-20130904171444) and trying to use it in odin (3.09 3.07 and 1.3) i get this error
<ID:0/004> rpm.mbn
<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
i have checked kies is disabled via task manger, run odin in admin mode and tried multiple versions of odin i am at a loss
i have also noticed that my phone says this on boot.
"kernel is not seandroid enforcing"
"set warranty bit kernel"
i looked in to it to find out it doesn't seem to be a linked issue but hey the more information the better right.
I am very much at your mercy any help you can offer would be much appreciated

Ur latest firmware available is HERE
U need flash it with Odin 3.09 and I think all will go ok. Anyway if u have problems with ur WIFI is maybe u still having wrong MODEM. U will have to flash "new" modem then. How?
1. The correct modem for the new firmware is HERE
2. Steps for flash it
- Use Odin v3.09
- Untick Autoreboot
- Flash modem
- Reboot manually into Download Mode using (Vol Down plus Home button combi)
- Flash Modem once more
- Once done, unplug then reboot device manually.
- If this doesn't work, try repeating the flash process again while rebooting manually and with auto-reboot option turned off.
3. If u still without wifi, try this wifi fix
- Open in Odin as PHONE!!
- WiFi FIX: HERE

thanks
thank you very much
I had to install the firmware twice and wipe a few times but it worked you are my personal hero.
thank you for your time and help have a great day

Menu + Back keys not working after Upgrade to Lollipop 5.0?? READ THIS!!

This post is to help anyone that upgraded to Lollipop 5.0 from KitKat 4.4.2 with any newer 2012+ devices (Not just the Note 3, but also s4 etc.) exhibiting the symptoms in the title of this post.
So i picked up a Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900W8 and got the OTA update from KitKat 4.4.2 to Lollipop 5.0 and thought "Cool!" but alas, was I to be sadly informed of a major issue when I rebooted.
It started up fine but when I hit the back button it didn't respond. Then I hit the menu button and "Search" came up instead. I freaked, I lost my cool. Then my technical mind took hold and I started digging through XDA with their search tool thinking "Maybe i'm not the only one that is having this problem" and WOAH! Did I ever find a load of trouble.
Here's what i found out:
Ebay and Aliexpress sellers of replacement screens for alot (and i mean ALOT) of samsung phones from 2012 and newer used a compatible chip from a company called Cypress who makes the touchkeys chip for samsung (and other phone makers) and that OEM part number is CY8C20065. The sellers/manufacturers of replacement screens are using the compatible Cypress chip part which is the CY8C20236A.
The upgrade to 5.0 installs new firmwares throughout the phone INCLUDING the IC that controls the capacitive keys (Menu + Back) to version 0x12, from the KitKat version 0x10. The IC CY820236A is NOT compatible with the newer 0x12 firmware and gets hosed.
Now for a Solution that you may or may not like: The only way thusfar that I have found that works is to DOWNGRADE back to Kitkat 4.4.2 as anything higher screws the IC controller up and you will have to replace your LCD+digitizer (at $180+ this is not an option, cheaper to go get a phone online used with the original screen and everything stock) This is a fully STOCK recovery to a 100% working unit. No Root, other add-ons etc.
Now, unless someone (BIG HINT HERE to devs) can figure out this issue, alot of people are stuck with a paperweight. You can try and add the softkeys onto the screen, or flash this kernel but it WILL trip your Knox counter and set you to "Custom" Binary and Status.
I take NO credit for this post at all, I just almagamated the information from this and this post.

Do you wipe factory reset after flashing your rom???

jemis1983 said:
Do you wipe factory reset after flashing your rom???
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Yes, if you read the threads, wiping the unit before primary boot has no effect on this issue at all. once you upgrade to Lollipop, the IC is written to and is corrupted after that. Nothing can stop this process save for a non-stock update/upgrade that has the 0x12 firmware altered/downgraded and that's where the kernel flash I listed comes in to restore (but void the warranty) the keys to proper working state.

Error in Odin
repherb said:
Yes, if you read the threads, wiping the unit before primary boot has no effect on this issue at all. once you upgrade to Lollipop, the IC is written to and is corrupted after that. Nothing can stop this process save for a non-stock update/upgrade that has the 0x12 firmware altered/downgraded and that's where the kernel flash I listed comes in to restore (but void the warranty) the keys to proper working state.
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I recently udpated from 4.4.2 to lollipop on my Note 3 SM-N900A (Build N900AUCUEOC1) and have the soft key problem.
I tried the idlekernel option but that errors out in Odin.
<ID:0/006> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/006> boot.img
<ID:0/006> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/006>
<ID:0/006> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
On the phone it says
SYS REV CHECK FAIL : No Version
SECURE MAGICODE CHECK FAIL : boot
I am novice at this, so how can I get around this.

i found a fix no root no kernel mod
The issue has been resolved!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/to-fix-softkey-note-3-t3446134

Odin flash failure on SM-G950W soft-bricked S8

I originally posted this under the wrong thread so apologies for the duplication. It was pointed out to me that my original post was in the wrong spot.
I'm super new to all of this but have spent the last two days trying to educate myself on how to use Odin after my S8 soft-bricked on me two days ago. I'm running into an issue with Odin's flashing not working for some reason and I can't seem to find any trouble shooting guides that solve the problem and I'm wondering if I maybe have set it up incorrectly somehow.
I'm running an SM-G950W through a Telus carrier in Canada and pulled the firmware through Samfirm since Sammobile is down currently. I've got the phone in download mode and the appropriate files in the appropriate slots in Odin. I'm looking to flash it without losing the data for the time being, if I can, just so I can back it up since apparently my cloud service backup failed and I have some relatively important images on there (ie. my mother's funeral) that I'd like to not lose if I can help it. Once I've pulled those, I plan to do a factory reset and failing that, plan to return the phone to my provider.
Odin sets up the files ok, recognizes the phone, and allows me to start but then it just doesn't actually seem to work. It doesn't throw any error codes or anything it just gives me the following:
<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I've updated the Samsung USB drivers, I've tried multiple ports. I've cycled the phone. I installed and then shut down Kies (I had read suggestions on installing it to establish a connection with the device and the computer and then disabling it so it didn't conflict with Odin). I'm running Odin 3.12.3. I'm figuring I'll need to go back to an earlier firmware edition, once the sammobile servers are back up, maybe? Or is there some other suggestion I might try to figure this out.
I'll add I've not rooted or anything before. I hadn't done any sort of customization to my phone to trigger this. It started with random rebooting. Then multiple apps and functions started throwing errors repeatedly without break (made it impossible to type or use anything because it was so constant). The main one was cloud storage stopping working. Once I tracked that down and cleared the cache, it shifted to rebooting nonstop until it just stuck on the Samsung screen. Now that's the only screen it'll do unless I put it in recovery or download mode. I got it into safe mode once but it still rebooted itself which is what makes me think it's more than just an app issue or anything third party and will require a factory reset once I've retrieved the data I want to back up.
I appreciate any suggestions or help that can be provided.

I've now also tried the download mode cycle boot while starting Odin flash trick. While it didn't make Odin succeed, it did generate a slightly different Odin output:
<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> skip file list for home binary
<ID:0/005> apdp.mbn
<ID:0/005> msadp.mbn
<ID:0/005> persist.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> userdata.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> Home Binary Download
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Still no luck successfully flashing though.

I had a problem with my s8 when I flashed 950u to my 950w Odin was showing fail so I did some YouTube video search and found a modified Odin that helped.
http://https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=24686680535466915

Vanyl said:
I originally posted this under the wrong thread so apologies for the duplication. It was pointed out to me that my original post was in the wrong spot.
I'm super new to all of this but have spent the last two days trying to educate myself on how to use Odin after my S8 soft-bricked on me two days ago. I'm running into an issue with Odin's flashing not working for some reason and I can't seem to find any trouble shooting guides that solve the problem and I'm wondering if I maybe have set it up incorrectly somehow.
I'm running an SM-G950W through a Telus carrier in Canada and pulled the firmware through Samfirm since Sammobile is down currently. I've got the phone in download mode and the appropriate files in the appropriate slots in Odin. I'm looking to flash it without losing the data for the time being, if I can, just so I can back it up since apparently my cloud service backup failed and I have some relatively important images on there (ie. my mother's funeral) that I'd like to not lose if I can help it. Once I've pulled those, I plan to do a factory reset and failing that, plan to return the phone to my provider.
Odin sets up the files ok, recognizes the phone, and allows me to start but then it just doesn't actually seem to work. It doesn't throw any error codes or anything it just gives me the following:
<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I've updated the Samsung USB drivers, I've tried multiple ports. I've cycled the phone. I installed and then shut down Kies (I had read suggestions on installing it to establish a connection with the device and the computer and then disabling it so it didn't conflict with Odin). I'm running Odin 3.12.3. I'm figuring I'll need to go back to an earlier firmware edition, once the sammobile servers are back up, maybe? Or is there some other suggestion I might try to figure this out.
I'll add I've not rooted or anything before. I hadn't done any sort of customization to my phone to trigger this. It started with random rebooting. Then multiple apps and functions started throwing errors repeatedly without break (made it impossible to type or use anything because it was so constant). The main one was cloud storage stopping working. Once I tracked that down and cleared the cache, it shifted to rebooting nonstop until it just stuck on the Samsung screen. Now that's the only screen it'll do unless I put it in recovery or download mode. I got it into safe mode once but it still rebooted itself which is what makes me think it's more than just an app issue or anything third party and will require a factory reset once I've retrieved the data I want to back up.
I appreciate any suggestions or help that can be provided.
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I think that the problem is your computer, maybe you should try with a different one.
Perhaps you could also try using third party applications that might help easily retrieve all the data from your device.
https://drfone.wondershare.com/drfone-app-for-android.html
http://7datarecovery.com/android-data-recovery/
Good luck.

Thanks @hemp_invader. I did try a new computer and the flash passed but my phone saw no change. I saw some of those programs and wasn't sure if they were... trustworthy?

Joshua Mr PC Repair said:
I had a problem with my s8 when I flashed 950u to my 950w Odin was showing fail so I did some YouTube video search and found a modified Odin that helped.
http://https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=24686680535466915
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I got Odin to flash using a different computer but the phone is still unchanged in terms of being able to load in. I wasn't able to get that link to work though.

Vanyl said:
Thanks @hemp_invader. I did try a new computer and the flash passed but my phone saw no change. I saw some of those programs and wasn't sure if they were... trustworthy?
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You're welcome. If there was no change on your phone, perhaps you already have the firmware you are trying to install. Are you on AQL5? If not, review the steps performed, maybe you missed something.
I have always been using their products to recover lost data, and never had one single problem.
I forgot about MobilEdit, which is more popular, you might want to check the forensics version for better results.
http://www.mobiledit.com/

hemp_invader said:
You're welcome. If there was no change on your phone, perhaps you already have the firmware you are trying to install. Are you on AQL5? If not, review the steps performed, maybe you missed something.
I have always been using their products to recover lost data, and never had one single problem.
I forgot about MobilEdit, which is more popular, you might want to check the forensics version for better results.
http://www.mobiledit.com/
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I'm on AQK7 which matches what's listed in recovery mode and the most recent firmware I could find.
I tried Android 7 data recovery but it couldn't find my phone. Dr. Fone sees my phone but the data extraction option only supports up to S6/S6 Edge, not S8. I downloaded the mobiledit forensic version but it requires being able to approve a code on the screen to gain access which I can't do since I can only enter Recovery and Download mode.

hemp_invader said:
You're welcome. If there was no change on your phone, perhaps you already have the firmware you are trying to install. Are you on AQL5? If not, review the steps performed, maybe you missed something.
I have always been using their products to recover lost data, and never had one single problem.
I forgot about MobilEdit, which is more popular, you might want to check the forensics version for better results.
http://www.mobiledit.com/
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I've got mobiledit forensic express seeing the phone but it only sees it for a split second before the program loses the connection even though the phone screen remains on the load screen. I was able to hit next one time to see that it'll let me download the full data content of the phone but the connection isn't staying which is limiting me. I'm not sure how to trouble shoot that.
[Edit]: I waited it out and the connection finally stuck, I ran the full content extraction, and while it found 1 SIM card SMS and several of my contacts, it says it was unable to access my images, audio, video folders. Even using the file manager to browse the folders showed no results. It is suggesting rooting the phone but I'm not confident that won't void my contract/coverage so I'm guessing that my phone wiped my data already in its constant bootloop and this might be a lost cause. I'll run the extraction a couple more times but it's not looking hopeful.

Vanyl said:
I've got mobiledit forensic express seeing the phone but it only sees it for a split second before the program loses the connection even though the phone screen remains on the load screen. I was able to hit next one time to see that it'll let me download the full data content of the phone but the connection isn't staying which is limiting me. I'm not sure how to trouble shoot that.
[Edit]: I waited it out and the connection finally stuck, I ran the full content extraction, and while it found 1 SIM card SMS and several of my contacts, it says it was unable to access my images, audio, video folders. Even using the file manager to browse the folders showed no results. It is suggesting rooting the phone but I'm not confident that won't void my contract/coverage so I'm guessing that my phone wiped my data already in its constant bootloop and this might be a lost cause. I'll run the extraction a couple more times but it's not looking hopeful.
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Rooting your phone will not void your warranty. You can flash a stock os at any time and nothing is changed. Knox is never incremented to 0x1 as 0x1 is impossible on the g950w. The whole "root trips Knox" thing is a myth and imo needs to be eradicated from our collective memory.

You could try flashing a factory test firmware first, worked for me but I have 950F.
G950U,W COMBINATION FA70 G950USQU1AQDB FACTORY MULTI CERT
G950U,W COMBINATION FA70 G950USQU1AQG3 FACTORY MULTI CERT
G950U,W COMBINATION FA70 G950USQU1AQI3 FACTORY MULTI CERT
G950U,W COMBINATION FA70 G950USQU1AQK1 FACTORY MULTI CERT
G950U,W COMBINATION FA70 G950USQU2AQK2 FACTORY MULTI CERT
Then after that flash every newer firmware in order of release (just in case).
Also make sure you have latest Odin (3.12.7) and don't tick any extra boxes like re-partition etc. Use correct files (BL,AP,CP,HOME_CSC)

Did you turn ON OEM Unlock in developer before you began? Also if you can get back into the phone get your data - flashing stock WILL lose your data. Your other choice is to use ADB to copy out the files. You could also put a MicroSD card in and then use Odin to flash the latest TWRP - hold down [Vol Up] + [Bixby] +[Power] as you press [Start] in Odin to make sure you get to TWRP.
Once you're in TWRP use File Manage (in Advanced) to find the pics and copy them over to the MicroSD.
Then you can continue with the Root/Build process

RQT_CLOSE!!! trying to install TWRP

After a lot of failed attempts and fixes, I have gotten to a point in which I am completely stuck and can find no existing help online.
Using Odin 3.13
SM-G950F
On odin, trying to install TWRP, I get this error:
Code:
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1301)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> Total Binary size: 38 M
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/004> recovery.img
<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
and on the download screen on my phone, the following appears in red text:
Only offical released binaries are allowed to be flashed(RECOVERY)
In the phone I have OEM unlocking ENABLED
bootloader already unlocked
So what am I doing wrong and how do I fix it???

Well I think I may have found the issue. While OEM is unlocked, RMM state was "prenormal"
So from what I can see, I just need to wait 7-8 days or change my date and time to get it to change state.
I've tried changing date and time, with no luck, so instead I will wait 7-8 days.
I will update this post with future progress. If I don't then it means I probably succeeded (or gave up).

waited well over 7 days, and 200+ hours uptime while logged into google account with sim card activated.
still prenormal state
edit: installed older version of sam**** firmware, going to try another 7+ days waiting with fully connected google ****tery in the hopes that ill be able to just maybe get control over my own ****ing phone

Well I fixed my problem, but im not entirely sure how.
Heres roughly what I did:
Flashed the oldest android version I could. The main difference between my current one and this one I flashed was that the one I flashed was 8.0 instead of 9.0, much older, and non-service specific (before I was on telstra (australian mobile service) rom)
Then I did the trick of setting the date backwards and then letting it auto update.
I did that a lot, because it didn't seem to be working at all. Everytime I changed the date and restarted my phone, it was back on the actual date, so I assumed it wasn't working.
In developer opitons there was no OEM unlock option.
15 minutes later, after I had given up and started installing/doing other stuff to my phone, I check and OEM unlock is there.
I go download mode
no RMM prenormal
phone is fixed!
So tldr: flash oldest version you can find, then follow this vid (Repeat it a lot of times) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0T-CR-KpfM&t=1s . Hope for the best and you should remove RMM prenormal and have OEM unlock option.

dude0703 said:
Well I fixed my problem, but im not entirely sure how.
Heres roughly what I did:
Flashed the oldest android version I could. The main difference between my current one and this one I flashed was that the one I flashed was 8.0 instead of 9.0, much older, and non-service specific (before I was on telstra (australian mobile service) rom)
Then I did the trick of setting the date backwards and then letting it auto update.
I did that a lot, because it didn't seem to be working at all. Everytime I changed the date and restarted my phone, it was back on the actual date, so I assumed it wasn't working.
In developer opitons there was no OEM unlock option.
15 minutes later, after I had given up and started installing/doing other stuff to my phone, I check and OEM unlock is there.
I go download mode
no RMM prenormal
phone is fixed!
So tldr: flash oldest version you can find, then follow this vid (Repeat it a lot of times)
. Hope for the best and you should remove RMM prenormal and have OEM unlock option.
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My old phone have same problem but cannot even flash stock rom, do I need to hammer this crap into death?